惨憺

さんたん

Also written 惨澹

Meanings

1. たる-adjective, Adverb miserable; pitiful; tragic; wretched; horrible; terrible
2. painstaking See also: 苦心惨憺 (くしんさんたん).

Kanji

• 惨 wretched. Read as サン.
• 憺 calm; quiet; move. Read as タン.

Example sentences

• 高校時代、数学の成績は惨憺たるものでした。
  My mathematics grades in high school were shameful.

Words containing 惨憺

• 苦心惨憺 (くしんさんたん) taking great pains
• 意匠惨憺 (いしょうさんたん) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something
• 疾痛惨憺 (しっつうさんたん) terrible worry

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